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U. E. COOKERLY.

BUTTONER.

No. 354,306. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

WITNESSES v INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHARLESE. COOKERLY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BUTTONER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,306, dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed April 16, 1886. Serial No. 199,081.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, CHARLES E. CooKERLY,

of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttoners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved buttoner in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an edge view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient glove-buttoner which will firmly grasp the neck of the button and cover the head thereof, so that the button may be readily drawn through the button-hole.

My invention consists in two crossed levers provided at one end with eyes for receiving the thumb and finger, and at the opposite end with oppositely-arranged hooks for grasping the neck of the button; also, in the combina- 2 5 tion, with one of the levers, of a pivoted capplate for covering the button and the hooks, to prevent the. button from catching at the sides of the button-hole.

The crossed levers AA are pivoted together at their mid-length upon the screw or rivet a, and upon corresponding ends of each lever are formed eyes b, for receiving the thumb and finger for operating the buttoner; and upon the opposite ends of the levers there are oppositely'arranged hooks c, the points of the hooks of each lever A A being directed toward the hook of the opposite lever.

Upon theside of the lever A- is placed a cap, B, which is held loosely by the screw or rivet 0,62, and is provided with a rounded end reaching over the hook c of the lever A. The cap B has at the opposite end a thumb-piece, d, to which is secured a spring, 0, which presses on the outer surface of the lever A.

The cap B is bent downward over the sides of the lever A, forming rounded lips f, which (No model.)

also reach over the edges of the lever A, as shown in Fig. 3, so that when the levers A A are turned to separate the hooks c the engagement of the lever A with the lipsfon the cap B will raise the rounded end of the cap B from the hook c of the lever A, so that the hook may be inserted under the head of the button, when the book 0 upon the lever A will be closed upon the shank of the button, thus clamping the shank between the hooks, and as the hooks are closed the lipsfofthe cap B slip down over the lever A, bringing the rounded end of the cap upon the top of the button. The buttoner may now be pulled through the button-hole, the cap B forming a guide and preventing-the button from catching in the button-hole. For economy in the manufacture, the lower lever may be left off entirely and the cap without change fastened to the remaining lever, thereby making a complete buttoner consisting of the cap and a single lever.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i '1. The combination, with the lever A, having the hook c, of the spring-acted cap B, as specified.

2. The combination, with the levers A A, pivoted to each other, provided with eyes b and with hooks c, oppositely arranged with respect to each other, of the springacted cap B, pivoted to the lever A and arranged to cover the hook of the lever, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture,

a buttoner formed of levers A A, pivoted together, and provided with eyes I) b and hooks c, the cap B, provided with lips f, and the spring 6, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES E. COOKERLY.

\Vitnesses:

Vioron NEILL, F. T. HADLOND. 

